Israel Matzav

Video: IDF soldiers board Klos-C weapons ship

Wednesday morning, the IDF intercepted an Iranian shipment of rockets to terrorist organizations in Gaza 160 kilometers off the coast of Sudan.

Israel Navy forces identified the target, and upon arrival requested to board. With the full consent of the crew, the IDF soldiers opened a number of containers on board the ship. They discovered a substantial amount of weapons hidden behind bags of cement.

Let's go to the videotape.



So how did they get the full consent of the crew. Apparently, the captain realized he didn't have a choice.

As for the timing and location of the operation, the officer said that various factors were taken into account, including the height of the waves, “We were concerned that the ship's crew would think that we were pirates, and that is why we identified ourselves from the outset as the IDF, and when the captain looked right and left, he saw two Navy missile ships, including additional vessels – and it was a show of force he could not resist, and therefore the boarding of the ship was quiet.”

The officer said that the Turkish captain and the rest of the crew did not know that there were weapons on board.

Rumor has it that this is what the captain said when he was captured.

Let's go to the videotape.

Labels: Gaza, Gulf of Aden, Israel Navy, Sudan, weapons shipment

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:14 PM